1976 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1976 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season.

1976 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Captains
  • John Healy
  • Marc Orcutt
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
1976 NCAA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Northern Michigan ^   –  11 –2 –0
No. 3 Akron ^   –  10 –3 –0
No. 7 UNLV ^   –  9 –3 –0
No. 4 Delaware ^   –  8 –3 –1
Nevada   –  8 –3 –0
Portland State   –  8 –3 –0
Tennessee State   –  7 –2 –1
American International   –  6 –3 –0
Northern Colorado   –  6 –3 –0
Madison   –  7 –4 –0
Santa Clara   –  7 –4 –0
Western Carolina   –  6 –4 –0
Chattanooga   –  6 –4 –1
Southern Connecticut State   –  5 –4 –0
Central State (OH)   –  6 –5 –0
Lehigh   –  6 –5 –0
Cal State Los Angeles   –  5 –3 –1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   –  5 –5 –0
Central Connecticut   –  5 –5 –0
Lafayette   –  5 –5 –0
Eastern Illinois   –  5 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –5 –0
Youngstown State   –  4 –6 –0
Nebraska–Omaha   –  3 –8 –0
Northeastern   –  2 –7 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

In their first year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 6–5 record.[1] John Healy and Marc Orcutt were the team captains.[2]

After starting the season with three wins, the Engineers briefly appeared in the national Division II coaches poll rankings, at No. 6. A loss to Division I opponent Yale dropped them to No. 9. Following a loss the next week to Division II rival Bucknell, they fell out of the top 20. Lehigh remained unranked the rest of the year.

Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Kutztown
W 29–6 9,500 [3]
September 18 Baldwin–Wallace
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 21–14 [1]
September 24 at Penn
W 24–20 9,305 [4]
October 2 at Yale
L 6–21 13,034 [5]
October 9 at Bucknell
L 0–3 [1]
October 16 Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 21–28 15,000 [6]
October 23 at Maine
W 24–0 7,600 [7]
October 30 Gettysburg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 56–15 9,500 [8]
November 6 Virginia
L 20–21 16,743 [9]
November 13 C.W. Post
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 17–10 7,000 [10]
November 20 at Lafayette
L 17–21 15,000 [11]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Larimer, Terry (September 12, 1976). "Engineers Top KSC by 29-6". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Livingston, Bill (September 25, 1976). "Lehigh Tips Penn in Last Minute". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Apple, Ginny (October 3, 1976). "Yale's Pagliaro Powers 21-6 Win". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Drogo, Ron (October 17, 1976). "Rutgers' Streak Survives a Scare by Lehigh, 28-21". The Sunday Record. Hackensack, N.J. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Warner, Bill (October 25, 1976). "Owls Next UMO Foe After Lehigh Loss". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Larimer, Terry (October 31, 1976). "Lehigh Coasts—56-15". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Seward, Tommy (November 7, 1976). "Bowden 'Saves' Virginia". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Larimer, Terry (November 14, 1976). "Lehigh Rallies—17-10". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Reinhard, Paul (November 21, 1976). "Lafayette in Upset; Lehigh Stunned—21-17". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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